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What are heat guns good for?

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You can use a hair dryer instead of a heat gun, but it won't work very well. Basic heat guns are mostly used for drying or removing paint, defrosting a refrigerator, or unfreezing locks and water pipes \u2014 all tasks which require between 350F to 1150F of heat (via Tools First).Oct 28, 2019');})();(function(){window.jsl.dh('_jlxNYIuOJOO10PEP6Zak0A075','');})();(function(){window.jsl.dh('_jlxNYIuOJOO10PEP6Zak0A0103','
Different types of heat gun operating at different temperatures and with different airflow can be used to strip paint, shrink heat shrink tubing, shrink film, and shrink wrap packaging, dry out damp wood, bend and weld plastic, soften adhesives, and thaw frozen pipes.

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